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MEDDELANDEN’ OCH AKTSTYCKEN
with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His new evangelical preaching
awakens great attention and excitement. Constrained by the love of
Christ, he has taken the bold step of opening the English Chapel
which has been closed ten years, and now holds service there every
Sunday. It has given us great cause for rejoicing, we who of old have
loved that house of God, that we may now again assemble in the same
place and at the same hour to hear the same word of God, formerly
proclaimed by our dear friend Mr. Scott. Clothed with the garments
and the dignity of a clergyman of the Established Church, Mr. Elmblad
has hitherto for several Sundays, unmolested, preached the same word
of God for which its heedless enemies once so irreverently close the
doors of this temple. The Lord has done it, wonderful as it seems to
our eyes. Well may it call forth tears of joy to observe how the grace
of God has prepared here so many occasions for sinners to hear the
word of mercy. If I may be permitted to count myself as one of its
proclaimers, then Christ has four witnesses here, whose voices may he
heard through all the hours of the Sabbath. Last Sunday, for instance,
I begun at half past eight in the morning, and finished at ten; Mr.
Colliander preached from eleven to one o’clock, Mr. Tanuon1 from four to
half past five o’clock, and Mr. Elmblad from six to half past seven.
This is perhaps the most joyful occurrence during these last months.
Equally joyful, though not so new, is the activity of Brother Ahnfelt,
which seems constantly to be on the increase. The signs of the times
seem to be very remarkable in our land. For instance, Brother Ahnfelt
has been permitted to address great multitudes in one of the Churches
of Skone, of which his own letter gives an account which I will impart
to you. After his return from the journey mentioned in my last, in
which he visited Smoland and Westergöthland, he went in September
to Upland and Gestrikland, where he encouraged and strengthened
brethren in many places, such as Wohla, Nora, Ochelbo, and Gefle. He
went from thence to the south of Sweden, where he is now living.
Concerning his journey to the north he writes thus: "During my
residence in Wohla I got an invitation to a neighboring parish, Huddunge,
which gave me more room for my work in Upland. In the last
mentioned parish I met with friendly clergymen, who gave the people
confidence in me, so that our meetings already in the beginning were
numerously attended, and even among those who came merely for
curiosity’s sake the reappeared some excitement and hunger after the
word of God, which seemed to them quite a new voice from their
Heavenly Father. Many requested me to come back to them, several
who had before openly withstood the word of God now gave witness
to its truth. In the mean time ’ the strong man armed who keepeth his
1 Skall vara Janzon. Jfr Gunnar Westin, Ur den svenska folkväckelsens
historia och tankevärld, ss. 87 och 161.
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